What does this say?

[Daft Bat]

I think that this starts off...

"My dearest Mother Mary...."

But then I am rather lost.

Is anyone else able to read this please?

Thank you.

 

[Bay Horse]

First impression is Mary Mynns
... and then I'm undecided.

 

[Bay Horse]

Replace 'undecided' with 'clueless'. One of those examples of handwriting that at first glance appear to be easily readable and then...

I thought I saw the words 'buried' and 'US' (as in United States) but now I'm not at all sure. It's 1875, obviously.

Husband insists it says 'My Dear Arthur'.

 

[MollyMay]

I thought I read the next word as buried and also saw the 'US' at then ??? in 1875

 

[burt]

I think it may continue 'buried at 85 at ?????? in 1875'

 

[Daft Bat]

I think it may continue 'buried at 85 at ?????? in 1875'

I like that.

Just need to decipher what the ?????? is!

 

[arthurk]

I thought it might be Wythal - in other words Wythall, Worcs. And FreeBMD has the death of Mary Mynors, age 85, in Dec qtr 1875 in the Kings Norton district, which includes Wythall.

 

[AnnB]

Could it be Mary Mynors whose death was registered in the December Qtr of 1875

I thought it might be Wythal - in other words Wythall, Worcs. And FreeBMD has the death of Mary Mynors, age 85, in Dec qtr 1875 in the Kings Norton district, which includes Wythall.

I'm too slow - I'd just finished typing the same thing

 

[Bay Horse]

Yes, it certainly fits.

 

[AnnB]

From the Worcestershire Chronicle 18th December 1875
Dec. 10, at Weatheroak in this county, in the 86th year of her age, most deeply regretted, Mary, widow of the late Robert Edward Eden Mynors, Esq , whom she survived nearly 33 years.
There appears to be a Weatheroak Hill in Wythall

 

[arthurk]

Will proved 27 Jan 1876, the executors being sons Robert Mynors of Weatheroak and the Reverend Thomas Hassall Mynors of St Patrick's Hockley Heath. (St Patrick's = Roman Catholic?)

EDIT - No, it's C of E

https://www.stpatricksearlswood.org.uk/welcome.htm

 

[Daft Bat]

Thank you all!

You lot really are the bees' knees!

 

[AnnB]

If you are interested, the funeral of the Rev. Mynors appears in the Bromsgrove and Droitwich Messenger of the 17th March 1906. He was buried in the family vault of Wythall Parish Church. It was quite an affair and he seems to have been related to several Revs and a Bishop. His address in the papers is given as Weatheroak Hall, now a wedding venue.

 

[arthurk]

I wonder if there was some trust in Robert's will** so that Mary only had a life interest: her estate was valued at under £14,000 (still a tidy sum), but after a reswearing and a further grant in 1937 the Reverend's was over £160,000.

He didn't leave a will, and his administrator was Emily Mary Mynors spinster - a sister, perhaps?

**EDIT: proved PCC 27 Jan 1843 (but it's quite long and I haven't read it)